Upcoming dates:

05.10.2026 Hedgehogs Class Brick & Tile Museum

05.10.2026 FS Phonics Lesson (Parents welcome)

05.10.2026 Year 4 Parents Meeting

07.10.2026 Year 4 Brick & Tile Museum

08.10.2026 Individual School Photos

Whole School:

There are children with severe nut allergies in our school. We ask that you do not send any nuts or products containing nuts in lunchboxes or snacks. This includes items such as peanuts, peanut butter, mixed nuts, and products that contain nuts as an ingredient. All staff have recently been trained in anaphylaxis and allergy training in compliance with Benedict’s law.

Parents' Evening will be held on: Tuesday 20th October and Wednesday 21st October. Appointments will be available to book via the MCAS app from 6:00pm on Monday 5th October. If you have push notifications enabled on the MCAS app, you will receive a notification when booking opens.

Please note: Parents and carers of children in Otters Class will have their Parents' Evening appointments on: Monday 19th October and Wednesday 21st October.

For the month of October, Eastover will hold a word count reading challenge. All words read, based upon successful quizzing, will count towards a grand total for each house. At the end of the month, encouraging half term reading and quizzing, the totals will be accumulated and a house will be announced as the word count champions. Please encourage your children to read as much as you can.

KS1 Autumn Reading Challenge - Week 3 Results!

A huge congratulations to Otters Class (again), who are our Reading Challenge winners with an amazing 101 reads this week, giving them an impressive average of 3.88 reads per pupil! Another amazing achievement. Well, done, Otters!

In a close second place, Hedgehogs class with 110 recorded reads, with an average of 3.86 reads per pupil.

In third place, Rabbits class achieved 88 reads with an average of 3.03 reads per pupil.

Last, but certainly not least, Foxes Class achieved 82 reads this week, with an average of 3.15 reads per pupil.

Across KS1, children completed a total of 381 reads this week. We are so proud of everyone's enthusiasm for reading!

A special congratulations goes to Aidan in Otters Class, who will be taking home Snuggles for the weekend! Keep reading, KS1. Who will be our champions next week?

October’s Sticky Questions…

Year 1: Would you rather be a tame rabbit or a wild rabbit?

Year 2: When should grown ups trust children as much as children trust grown ups?

Year 3: If you swapped brains with your teacher, where would you be?

Year 4: Why do we do the right thing when nobody is watching?

Year 5: What community is the most important to you?

Year 6: What are the most important things you cannot see?

Important notes for year groups:

Year 4

We would like to invite all Year 4 parents and carers to a short meeting about the Year 4 residential trip on Monday 5th October after school in Dolphins' Class. We are hoping to encourage more children to take part in this exciting opportunity, and the meeting will provide a chance to share further information about the trip, including activities, arrangements and what children can expect. There will also be time to answer any questions families may have.

Year 6

Please follow the link below to view the Year 6 London Trip PowerPoint presentation that was shared during the parents' meeting. We hope you find the information useful. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the year 6 team. https://www.eastoverschool.co.uk/page/?title=Year+6+%2D+Polar+Bear+%26amp%3B+Panther+Class%26%238203%3B%26%238203%3B%26%238203%3B%26%238203%3B%26%238203%3B%26%238203%3B%26%238203%3B&pid=97

Safeguarding is everybody’s responsibility.

• If you are concerned about the safety of a child/children, please phone the school office on 01278 422693 and ask to speak to the safeguarding lead.
• If you have a concern outside of school hours, you can contact Somerset Direct on 0300 123 2224 (Daytime) or 0300 123 2327 (Out of Hours) for immediate assistance.
• You can also report concerns to NSPCC on 0808 800 5000.
• To support us in safeguarding your children, please make sure that we have at least two up-to-date contact telephone numbers.
• https://ineqe.com/ is a great website which contains safeguarding information for parents, including E-Safety.

 

For term dates and more upcoming events, visit the calendar on our website

https://www.eastoverschool.co.uk/calendar